House Plants Fill The Gap

TORRINGTON –– Avid gardeners view the period between a killing frost in the fall and the last frost in the spring as a long one. They often turn their horticultural enthusiasm to houseplants.

The University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service has booklets about Care and Culture of House Plants (17 pages, 60 cents); Indoor Gardening (47 pages, $1.40) and House Plants (32 pages, 70 cents).

These publications may be ordered from the Resource Center Store at Storrs by calling 860-486-3336 or at www.store@canr.uconn.edu. Postage is an additional charge.